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Chapter 691 Xu Baichuan: It seems that I guessed right!
Zhang Anping came up with his own "anti-communist" plan overnight.

After a short nap, he blocked Dai Chunfeng's door early the next morning. After Dai Chunfeng got up, he came to the room prepared for Dai Chunfeng with a map and a battle plan.

"Commander, this is the battle plan I prepared. Would you like to take a look?"

Old Dai looked at Zhang Anping helplessly. After seeing Zhang Anping's red eyes, he frowned and asked, "You didn't sleep all night?"

Zhang Anping smiled apologetically: "An idea suddenly flashed through my mind, and I just felt uncomfortable if I didn't do it."

Dai Chunfeng snorted: "I think you can't forget it!"

What he meant by "never forgetting" was naturally the complete destruction of the Yan'an spy network.

Zhang Anping chuckled and said nothing.

Dai Chunfeng knew that this boy was narrow-minded, but he didn't expect him to be so narrow-minded.

On second thought, he could understand Zhang Anping's thoughts: he had never suffered any loss since his debut, but the Yan'an spy network he had worked so hard to build was uprooted - the means Zhang Anping used to sabotage US military aid to the New Fourth Army were not only dirty but also disgusting, and he probably also had the intention of revenge.

Although he was dissatisfied with Zhang Anping's behavior of making a battle plan overnight, he was still quite happy with this attitude. Seeing Zhang Anping eagerly waiting to report to him, he pointed to the map and said:
"Open it up and tell me what you think."

Zhang Anping instantly perked up, then spread out the map and talked about his plans.

After he finished talking, Dai Chunfeng began to ask about his doubts:
"Why not wait for the 31st Army to advance eastward?"

If the 31st Army's eastward advance and the th Army under Deputy Commander Han's westward advance were carried out simultaneously, and the two routes were encircled and then the Zhongjiu Army launched a surprise attack, wouldn't this be safer?
Zhang Anping explained: "The action was too big, and I was worried that they would get wind of it in advance."

"Our goal is to destroy their manpower, not to occupy them as a military objective, so we must emphasize speed."

"The 31th Army under Deputy Commander Han is very close to Siyang, and our Zhongjiu Army can also approach and achieve the purpose of a surprise attack in the shortest possible time. If we wait for the st Army to move east, once they realize our intentions and lead their troops to withdraw, all we can get is their so-called base, which is meaningless."

"On the contrary, if the Zhongjiu Army and Deputy Commander Han's troops take the lead in launching the battle, even if we cannot achieve the combat goal immediately, we can at least contain them here. Ten days is enough time for the 31st Army Group to move eastward. By then, with our absolute advantage, they will still be unable to escape."

Zhang Anping's explanation made Dai Chunfeng nod in agreement.

Under the premise of eliminating the living force, Zhang Anping's arrangement is indeed more ingenious.

After approving the battle plan in northern Jiangsu, Dai Chunfeng asked again:
"Shunan, do you want to strengthen your forces?"

This time, Dai Chunfeng has the Imperial Sword, and the Third War Zone can also dispatch its main force to assist, so he asked this question.

Zhang Anping shook his head: "I think we can't act rashly with the main force of the Third War Zone. After all, the Japanese have a large force right before our eyes. Of course, the Japanese are eager for us to fight with them, but what if the Japanese want to take everything from me?"

"When we are fighting fiercely, if the Japanese come out, the consequences will be disastrous."

"It would be better for Southern Jiangsu to use its superior forces to contain the New Fourth Army in Southern Jiangsu. After defeating the New Fourth Army in Northern Jiangsu, we can turn around and march into Southern Jiangsu. By then, we will have ten times the force to crush them, and the New Fourth Army will be left with nowhere to go!"

Dai Chunfeng looked at Zhang Anping deeply.

It is obvious that in the nephew's mind, the Japanese are still a big enemy - he is now dealing with the New Fourth Army mainly because the New Fourth Army has obtained American aid. Once Japan is defeated, the New Fourth Army with American equipment will be the big enemy of the National Army.

Therefore, when my nephew was dealing with the New Fourth Army, he still did not give up his guard against the Japanese.

"Very good. I will leave today. I will review this plan when I return and give you news then."

Dai Chunfeng was very particular about what he said and did. He never admitted that this was the intention of the chief attendant, and he did not say it easily even when facing his most trusted nephew.

Zhang Anping nodded: "I will make preparations in secret now!"

"Well, I'll leave soon—" Dai Chunfeng said this, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Shanwu is in Jiangshan now, please take care of him."

The Shanwu mentioned by Dai Chunfeng is his son Dai Shanwu.

In terms of age, Dai Shanwu is actually one year older than Zhang Anping, but compared with Zhang Anping's record, Dai Shanwu can only be described as ordinary.

However, this person was not "useless". After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he joined the Three Principles of the People Youth League in 40, and then continued to be active in Zhejiang as a member of the Military Control Commission. In 41, he sent his men to secretly kill Hua Chunrong, a member of the Communist Party of China, and then continued to be active in Zhejiang.

What he did most was to incorporate various armed forces - bandits, rural militias or miscellaneous armed forces. He incorporated them and gave them names such as the Anti-Japanese XX Team, and he gained a lot of merits.

However, Zhang Anping had never looked down upon these armed forces he had recruited. Dai Shanwu had approached Zhang Anping several times before, wanting to ask him for some Loyalty and Rescue Army numbers to appease his subordinates and recruit soldiers, but was directly driven away by Zhang Anping.

That's right, drive away.

"Then I'll recruit him over." Zhang Anping sighed and said in a complaining tone, "If you want to train him, don't throw him into a mess."

Dai Chunfeng also sighed helplessly.

Zhang Anping's experience made him "jealous", and he really wanted his son to replicate his nephew's success.

So we adopted the "free-range" approach.

But it turns out that there are essential differences between herbivores and carnivores!
Dai Shanwu's start was actually much better than Zhang Anping's. Dai Chunfeng even gave Dai Shanwu a special credit:
Killed Hua Chunrong, a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

But even though Dai Shanwu can mobilize five or six thousand troops now, these five or six thousand troops are just like the Loyal Rescue Army in history, who are good at causing trouble and cowards in the anti-Japanese war!

With this motley crowd, they still want the title of the Loyal Rescue Army. How could they not be driven away by Zhang Anping?
Of course, Zhang Anping did not do anything extreme. After driving Dai Shanwu away, he conducted a secret investigation and sent someone to inform Dai Chunfeng about Dai Shanwu's situation. He sent someone to do this and did not do it himself, but how could Dai Chunfeng not understand that it was his nephew's work?
After receiving detailed intelligence last night, he knew that it was his nephew who did it.

In fact, he had received criticism from his son a long time ago, but he obviously trusted Zhang Anping more. He knew that Zhang Anping did so for other considerations, so he hesitated and let Zhang Anping take care of his son.

Zhang Anping's answer also satisfied Dai Chunfeng.

"You decide. He is your cousin after all, and he has listened to you since he was a child."

After the uncle and nephew chatted for a while about family matters, Dai Chunfeng set off. After a special inspection of the Supervisory Office, old Dai took a flight back to Chongqing in the afternoon.

After arriving in Chongqing, Dai Chunfeng went directly to the chief aide-de-camp to report Zhang Anping's plan.

After the chief aide-de-camp expressed his approval of Zhang Anping's plan, he signaled Dai Chunfeng to give orders to Zhang Anping - that is, that night, Zhang Anping received a telegram from Chongqing:
The east wind is coming!
……

On the night he received the telegram from the bureau headquarters, Zhang Anping secretly left Qianshan at night with several close followers.

Before leaving, he "sent" Lin Nansheng away and ordered him to go to Jiangshan to find Dai Shanwu, and by the way, clean up several of Dai Shanwu's confidants - not only were these people flattering, but they also took advantage of Dai Shanwu's special identity to cause trouble everywhere. The black material has already fallen into Zhang Anping's hands, so he will naturally not let them go.

As for whether Dai Shanwu would hate him because of this, Zhang Anping was not worried at all.

Compared with his cousin who is deep-minded, sharp-eyed, and ruthless, this cousin can't be said to be hopeless, but at most he is just a lieutenant.

Why would Zhang Anping care?

After sending Lin Nansheng away, he led the others to their destination secretly - his destination was naturally the headquarters of the Loyal Rescue Army located behind enemy lines.

After sharpening his knife for so long, he was finally ready to chop down Old Xu with his "machete".

The group concealed their identities and, with the help of local military control agencies, successfully circumvented the Japanese defense line. After seven days of trekking through mountains and rivers, and enduring hardships, they finally arrived at Meishan Town west of Changxing.

...Meishan Town.

At this time, the headquarters of the Loyal Rescue Army was located here. In the past few days, the garrison troops of the headquarters suddenly strengthened the surrounding defenses, and scouts were even sent out hundreds of miles away.

This move made the Japanese army in Changxing County terrified - ever since the Zhongjiu Army suddenly moved to Meishan Town, the Japanese army in Changxing County had been on pins and needles, and had tried to attack three times so far.

However, to go from Changxing to Meishan, one has to pass through Changxing Port (river name), where there is a river between two mountains. The Japanese army suffered three failures in their attacks. The Japanese army, knowing the nature of the Zhongjiu Army well, realized after three failures that the Zhongjiu Army was very likely to sharpen their knives and attack Changxing County.

At this time, the Meishan Town area was under martial law, and the Japanese army's first reaction was to attack Changxing County.

Therefore, the army was mobilized immediately and preparations were made for a head-on confrontation with the Zhongjiu Army.

So, was the purpose of the martial law imposed by the Zhongjiu Army in Meishan Town to attack Changxing?

of course not!

"Why did this guy take the long way around the mountain to come to Changxing? He didn't have to rush here!"

In Meishan Town, at the headquarters of the Loyal Rescue Army, Xu Baichuan, who had not received any report from his subordinates, was extremely worried at this moment.

The martial law in Meishan Town was naturally because his "big brother" had arrived, but this time, Xu Baichuan felt that Zhang Anping came in a hurry, and Meishan was a thorn in the eyes of the Japanese, so he sent out his troops to provide support.

After the staff of the headquarters left, Xu Baichuan muttered softly:
"This guy, coming here this time, should be... a good thing, right?"

The uncertainty he expressed also proved that he was pessimistic about Zhang Anping's visit this time.

From Xu Baichuan's perspective, a lot of things happened within the Military Control Commission during this period, and most of these things were related to his brother in life and death.

He also saw Zhang Anping's transformation. At this moment, Zhang Anping suddenly attacked him. How could he not make associations in his mind?

Just as I was thinking about Zhang Anping's purpose again, a staff officer rushed into the headquarters excitedly - without even shouting a report:
"Commander-in-chief, the reconnaissance company sent a telegram, and Commander Zhang has been contacted!"

"Where exactly?"

"Fangshan."

"This guy..." Xu Baichuan laughed and shook his head, without saying the rest.

What he wanted to say was that Zhang Anping was really cunning.

He also wanted the reconnaissance company to catch Zhang Anping so as to make fun of him, but he didn't expect that he would only show up when he reached Meishan, which was about ten kilometers away from Meishan Town. Xu Baichuan was very sure that it was definitely not the reconnaissance company that found Zhang Anping, but Zhang Anping who took the initiative to show up and greet the scouts.

After laughing, Xu Baichuan instructed the staff officer:

"Pack up and welcome our Commander Zhang!"

In fact, there was no need to be told. The Loyal Rescue Army in Meishan Town started the general cleanup after receiving the telegram from the reconnaissance company.

Xu Baichuan had not revealed who he was meeting before, only saying that it was the special envoy of the Third War Zone. However, after the telegram from the reconnaissance company reached the headquarters, the others naturally knew about it. When the staff rushed to report to Xu Baichuan, the telecommunications department had already shouted through the human loudspeaker:
Commander Zhang is here to inspect, get ready immediately!

After the horn was blown, the entire Meishan Town’s Loyal Rescue Army quickly began to pack up.

The officers went out one after another to inspect the army's appearance and morale, and put on their brand new uniforms that they were reluctant to wear, quickly took care of hygiene, and took care of the details that were usually overlooked.

This was a completely spontaneous act, not out of fear but out of respect.

When Xu Baichuan came out, he saw a very lively scene, which made him feel sour.

Damn it, these guys have never greeted this commander-in-chief with this attitude!
Although he felt jealous, he was not jealous.

Without Zhang Anping, there would definitely not be the Zhongjiu Army with strict military discipline. After he took over as the commander-in-chief, he did not carry out the past Zhanghua within the Zhongjiu Army, which led to the current situation.

Of course, if Xu Baichuan really wanted to get rid of Zhang Hua and shake Zhang Anping's foundation, he would have to move away before he could even take any action. Xu Baichuan understood this very well.

Closer to home.

Xu Baichuan led his men several miles out of the town to meet Zhang Anping. Not long after they waited, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company drove over in a convoy of captured three-wheeled motorcycles.

Amidst the silence of the crowd, Zhang Anping, covered in dust, got off a sidecar in casual clothes.

"Hello, Commander Zhang!"

The moment he came down, everyone shouted together.

Normally, Kuomintang soldiers would shout "Hello, Sir" when facing high-ranking officials. If they knew their specific positions, they would shout "Hello, Sir" or something like that. But when they faced Zhang Anping, they shouted "Hello, Sir Zhang".

This is the honor and respect that belongs only to Zhang Anping.

Zhang Anping got off the sidecar and looked at these enthusiastic soldiers and officers. He waved to them with an indifferent expression and then motioned them to put their hands down.

He knew that these people respected him because he had created a unique army, the Loyalty Rescue Army, in this era.

These people respected him because in this special era, the Loyalty Army under his command never participated in any internal strife and was only focused on fighting the Japanese invaders to their death!
But Zhang Anping knew that these people’s faith in him would collapse in the future!

【Sorry, I will disappoint you next! 】

After whispering to himself, he walked towards Xu Baichuan, who was leading a group of officers to greet him.

"Hello, Commander Zhang."

Xu Baichuan salutes.

Zhang Anping laughed: "Old Xu, you're still trying to play tricks on me? You're making a big show today!"

Xu Baichuan's seriousness disappeared, and he said with a smile:
"It's not that I put on a big show, but because you deserve it."

Zhang Anping looked at Xu Baichuan deeply, and then swept his eyes to the other officers. As Zhang Anping's eyes swept, these officers held their heads high and allowed Zhang Anping to inspect them. After a look, Zhang Anping retracted his gaze and said with a smile: "Let's go to the command center first."

"Well - get in the car." Xu Baichuan pointed behind him. It was a military truck commonly seen among the Japanese army.

Zhang Anping smiled and joked: "It's a pretty comfortable life."

Then he didn't hesitate and sat directly in the passenger seat, while Xu Baichuan took over as the driver.

After the military truck started rumbling, Zhang Anping said meaningfully during the bumpy ride:

"Old Xu, you are trying to intimidate me!"

Xu Baichuan did not respond with a smile. Instead, he looked at Zhang Anping deeply and said in a serious tone:
"It seems..."

"I got it right!"

(End of this chapter)